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"It's my dad's recipe. There's chilli and lemon or salt and black pepper," said Rahul. "Some street food is very commercialised rather than the true flavours of Bombay. We are very traditional with our food."

Papri chaat with tangy tamarind sauce (also made in-house to his parents' recipe) is amongst nearly a dozen different street foods originating from the streets of Mumbai now on sale from the Bombay Sweet Centre, costing £4.95 to £5.95.

In keeping with the Bombay Sweet Centre's heritage, classic curries, the likes of aloo gobi, lamb karahi and Punjabi chicken are still very much part of the menu. With veggie curries for only £3.95 and meaty ones for less than £6, it's a snip of city centre prices and worth jumping on the tram, which conveniently stops very close to the takeaway.

And good news for vegans, they can eat around 70 percent of the menu. Bombay Burger, pani puri, sweet pakora wrap, tharka daal and okra masala are all meat and dairy free.

Neelam and Jeet Passan started the Bombay Sweet Centre in 1995 and now it's run by their son Rahul (Image: Nottingham Post)

The revamp has been completed just in time for two of the biggest Hindu festivals, when business booms at the takeaway. During Karva Chauth, on October 27, married women fast for the day until the moon rises. Diwali, the festival of light, comes days later in November.

Rahul hopes the revamp will bring newcomers to the area - but if people can't get to Hyson Green, the Bombay Street Centre will come to them. It also supplies some of Nottingham's biggest companies such as Capital One, Boots, Rolls Royce and BMW with its special deals of 50 vegetable samosas for £20 and 50 onion bhajis for £25. Delivery is now being introduced for those big orders within a four-mile radius.

The business is open seven days a week from 11am to 7.30pm Monday to Saturday and 5pm on Sundays.